Besides circus dumbell i think Log is probably the most technical
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Good idea mort. After I’ve learned the log clean and rack it properly, i can move on to learning how to press it and incorporating leg drive. Then I’ll have it all put together
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you mentioned a few times that you’re not racking it properly, but I didn’t see where you addressed why or how you aren’t. Can you describe it a little more, I might have some advice. Does it just not feel stable on your shoulders when you’re standing there with it? Or is it more a problem that you think is related to the clean?
If there’s instability in the rack, I would do holds with it, like 30 seconds to a minute in the rack, and front squats with a log. My guess is you aren’t pushing your elbows forward/high enough in the rack. There are a handful of other things that could be happening too, so based on how you describe the issue, I can help more.
I don’t know if this is an option for you based on your gym set up, but can you rack the log without cleaning it? Like, set it high in a squat rack on pins, and just pick it up and hold it? If so, you could overload the rack position to get used to very heavy weights being racked, while avoiding the clean. So you could add 30+ kg and just stand up with it so you know how it feels to have your soul crushed by a large metal log. That could be fun.
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He is not listening to it… save the breath. I’ve told him the same stuff. He is at that place we all go when we begin to figure a few things out…he may come around without injury. And he may not…
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I think its related to the part where you drop down and position your elbows. I cant seem to position my elbows like the spider pose alpha talks about. Also when i clean i can’t seem to get my head back far enough so i can get my elbows up high.
Heres a video (sorry for bad quality)
I could set that up.
Compare last week to how i normally train (Last week was easy as hell and i just mucked around). Tuesday was the only intense day and that was just a bunch of leg machine work…
what’s the issue here?
Random life stuff
Ages ago, i stuffed up my chances with probably the hottest chick I’ve ever seen. Definitely a 10!
Iooks like i might have another chance so yall pray for me not mess it up. I don’t believe I’ll get much chances in my life with a 10! That’s like winning the lottery unless your @Yogi1
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Fatigue lasts a while and it’s possible that you may need some more time to take it easy.
All that @losthog is saying is that you’re young (16 last time I heard, but maybe you’re 17 now lol) and you’re going through the steep learning curve that we all go through. I’m still going through mine because I’ve only been taking strength training seriously for almost 1.5 years. It just takes a lot of time to learn about yourself, but I do think it’s cool that you’re doing things to monitor your CNS fatigue. That alone shows that you’re learning about your body’s limits and taking initiative. Truly awesome stuff.
Hog does have a point. @Frank_C pushed himself too hard right before his 30th birthday and got injured deadlifting and it still bugs him. Hog has been pushing himself harder than anybody else that I’m aware of, on this site or IRL and he just hurt his shoulder last week. Mort has had an SI joint issue for a good amount of time. I’ve had an SI joint problem for a while and some medial epicondylitis (tennis elbow) just surfaced on Friday.
Point is that you need to be careful with how hard you push yourself if you want to avoid injury. I hurt my SI joint by pushing myself way too hard during deadlifts because I thought “I’m 20 years old and nothing can hurt me.” All of us lifters like to treat our bodies like machines: the training we choose, the fuel we put in, the repair/recovery we do, all so we can get onto our field of play and be the best we can be. People told me I needed to be careful with what I did in the weight room and I wasn’t and then I got hurt. I’m not trying to sound too dramatic, but being injured has completely changed my life (hard to sit comfortably, hard to stand for too long, sometimes hard to sleep, and I can’t do all my favorite lifts). Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY wants that to happen to you. hog wants you to succeed as much as anyone, so it’s frustrating for him (especially since he’s a father) when you seem to not listen to him. It’s not coming from a bad place, that’s all.
Also, about the girl: I’m praying for you bro! Good luck!!! Everyone deserves a second chance 
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I donno. Id hope not. Will see how todays training goes later today (its 3 am lol)
Yeah I’m still 16. I feel like I’ve been 16 for ages now. It’s been a rough ride this year thats for sure.
If i feel like something isn’t going to end well, i shut it down. I literally obsess over my deadlift form so that i do it safely and efficiently and to maximise gains. I am doing things to ensure i don’t get injured. Trust me when i say i obsess over not getting injured. I try to learn correct form too. i hit alot of pr’s every week but I’m a noob lifter + they are rep pr’s or weight rep pr’s. I dont do one rep maxes (Okay forget about the atlas stone lol fail 4 weeks in a row, doesnt really count though considering i couldnt really budge it for 3 of those 4 weeks, thats also alot different to attempting a max deadlift) I’ve maxed out on front squats once like two and a half months ago (more in the tank) and thats it. I havent maxed out on deads, bench anything lol (because they s no point, theres building and testing. Testing 1rm doesnt build strength). I have failed a few overhead presses and push presses here and there i admit, which i try to avoid like today (The 10 sets of log cleans gassed tf outta me) also If i do “max out” its something like a 3rm (And thats rare too). I’m progressively overloading and adding weight/reps and getting stronger. I will keep this up until im at a point where its alot harder to get stronger and i can no longer reap the newbie gainz .Getting stronger and becoming successful at strongman is everything to me. If anything I’m incredibly responsible considering my age and training age. I do attack my training with 100% intensity though because thats what really matters when it comes down to it. I guess what you’re saying is be careful with how hard i push but i do try to be careful my friend. Sorry for the long post lol
ok, so the clean then, more than once you’ve already got it racked.
I watched the video, and it’s just too blurry and small to get much out of it. I might have picked up on a couple things though.
For one thing, timing seems off. That’s just going to take practice, getting used to the mechanics of the log. You have to time your hip thrust just right to make the log roll up the body fast. You have to use the momentum of the log to help roll it up your body.
So much like what I suggested with holding the rack position on your shoulders to learn stability, I think you should spend a little more time with the log lapped, and get comfortable with it just sitting there on your legs, in a full squat. You should be very balanced when the log is lapped. I can take my hands completely off the log in that position. I do the same with Atlas stones.
When the log is lapped, you need to pin it to your chest as best you can, and keep it high on your torso as you stand up with it. A lot of upper back strength is crucial to this. If the log drops as you stand up, then you lose the advantageous position that lapping the log gives you in the first place.
As you clean it, you have to force your elbows under very hard. That’s the key to keeping the thing rolling as you clean it. I really try to spin it as hard as possible. When I don’t have much weight on it, I sometimes feel like it’s spinning too hard to control, and it almost knocks me backward at the top. That’s the feeling you want to have. You don’t want to finish the clean with your elbows pointing straight down. They should be farther forward than your hands, ideally. That will make for a more secure rack. That aspect is very much like how you finish a barbell clean. If you don’t do that, you just end up bicep curling the log.
I’ve been meaning to make my own video explaining the log clean, because it’s one of the things I happen to do very well. I’ll let you know if I do. Some of these things are harder to put into words than they are to simply demonstrate.
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I feel like timing is off on a lot of lifts haha. Do you Hip thrust as soon as you drop down? I’ve seen peiple on a really heavy lift sit it for a bit and then do the clean. Why is that?
I think I’ll include both. I’ll do the rack holds and log lap. With the rack hplds i think subconsciously i dont want to shove my head back or something. You can’t rag the log properly without doing that
Thankyou!
I can’t remember where i saw it but i remember you making a video on how to overhead press or something?? It was really well done. If you do make one I’ll definitely be interested in viewing it
Todays training
Warmup:
Alan thrall shoulders
@FlatsFarmer and lat stretch
The shoulder thingy wasnt as hard as yesterday or sunday. It’s massively improving how my shoudlers feel already! Weird to describe but its like there not as rounded forward already as well
Foam rolling lower body
Band squat holds and ankle release
SSB squat
Restarted Cube program (i only did 6 of the ten week program, hell it worked that well thought I’d reset tm and added 20kg to Max and set ssb as main squat. Felt good
@strongmanbrett cube is an awesome program. Squat strength exploded within 6 weeks of doing it.
95kg
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6 pr RPE 6
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPbIo0liKl/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=mnw97hc8dx58
Warmup ssb reps: i like to go deeper then usual for mobility work. Also first time squatting in knee sleeves and felt pretty good. @mortdk thay walkout tho lol. Was working it trying to improve but itl take time.
ssb goodmornings
3×8 50kg. @guineapig these were awesome. My back feels incredible right now. Whatever the hell that shit does my back hasnt felt this good in well a long time. Hips+hamstring feel awesome as well.
single leg curls superset ab wheel
12
15
15
Ab wheel 3×10
Really awesome session (lots of energy, body felt good). Had 4 hours sleep but usually my best sessions are when I’m sleep deprived. I needed this especially after yesterday being so trash
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Don’t go too crazy on Good Mornings or you’ll fuck your shit up
Yeah. I did them pretty light. Plan is to do 8 reps this session, 10-12 next week and then 15 the week after and up the weight a little and restart.
What stance is best btw? I was using more of a closer stance (Not as close) as my Deadlift
@danteism whats the biggest amount of protein you’ve consumed in one sitting? I just had this for dinner lol
I dunno what’s best try it and find out. I go narrow and it does job especially for my hammies
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I just ate 1kg of chicken… why am i so hungry lol?
Urgh, I don’t know how anyone can eat chicken breast let alone 1kg of the stuff lol
I always remember having roast chicken as a kid, you’d rush to the table to make sure you didn’t get there last and get stuck with the breast. These days, people even take the skin off!!
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Probably like 200 grams if I’ve had to eat two meals at once
But where the hell do you find chicken breast with 31g if protein per 100g? Around here it’s 21-23g/100g
It was marinated 
The skin is the best part